Portland Health hires director from Hanover

March 31, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hanover, Portland Health, a bpi, comms

Comms agency Portland Health has appointed Matt Worrall as an associate director who joins the firm from Hanover Communications. Worrall …

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Life sciences boost from government

March 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, UK, government, life sciences, medcity

The UK government is to launch an improved offering for the life sciences sector by combining the functions of the …

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Stelara hit by final NICE rejection

March 28, 2014
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In final draft guidance released today NICE says it cannot recommend Janssen’s psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara. Specifically, the pricing watchdog …

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UK health report flags weight and dementia risks

March 28, 2014
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A new Department of Health report suggests that being overweight is now the norm in England – and that deafness …

Baxter to split in two next year

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, baxter, biopharma, gambro

Baxter is taking a plunge into the world of restructuring by splitting into two entities: one which is yet to …

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MedCity to launch in April

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, London, UCL, Wellcome, medcity, medical city

The eagerly anticipated launch of ‘MedCity’ will be announced in April, Pharmafile has learned, as the UK government looks to …

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CAP-CMV appoints Albrecht Läufer as chief executive

March 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Albrecht Läufer, CAP-CMV, cevec

Biotech firm CAP-CMV which is a spin-out of CEVEC Pharmaceuticals has appointed industry veteran Dr Albrecht Läufer as its chief …

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AstraZeneca opens up research

March 28, 2014
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AstraZeneca has created a new means of sharing some of its data with scientists, such as its bank of live …

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Europe grants Eperzan licence

March 27, 2014
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The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to GlaxoSmithKline’s new diabetes treatment Eperzan – setting the manufacturer on a collision …

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Alli bottles tampered with in US, drug recalled

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alli, FDA, GSK, Roche, Xenical, obesity, weight loss

GlaxoSmithKline has admitted that some bottles of its weight-loss drug Alli bought in the US have been tampered with. US …

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GSK and partners set up big data project

March 27, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline, the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have come together to launch an open access research …

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NICE launches VBA consultation

March 27, 2014
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NICE has today launched its consultation into how value-based assessment of drugs will work in practice, which will run for …

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Immunocore chief executive cements role at Adaptimmune

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adaptimmune, immunocore, noble

Biotech firm Adaptimmune has confirmed the full-time appointment of James Noble as its chief executive. Noble has been chief executive …

Adaptimmune wins fund payout

March 26, 2014
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Biotech firm Adaptimmune has been awarded £2.1 million from the UK government’s Biomedical Catalyst Fund, which was set up to …

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UK government launches ‘Sign up to Safety’ initiative

March 26, 2014
Sales and Marketing Francis, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, safety, sign up

A new ambition to reduce avoidable harm in the NHS by half over the next three years, cut costs and …

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Pfizer’s Xalkori impresses in new setting

March 26, 2014
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Pfizer’s lung cancer treatment Xalkori has proven better at treating patients in a first-line setting when compared to chemotherapy. This …

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J&J appoints chief design officer

March 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ernesto Quinteros, J&J, JJ, belkin, design

Johnson & Johnson has reached outside of its industry and into the design and technology realm with its latest appointment.  …

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FDA unconvinced on Novartis heart drug

March 26, 2014
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The prospects of Novartis’ latest heart drug being approved in the US anytime soon appear to have been scuppered by …

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